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Digest reproducing apparatus and digest reproducing apparatus control method

  • US 20060222337A1
  • Filed: 03/07/2006
  • Published: 10/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A digest reproducing apparatus comprising:

  • a data recording part that records data, as motion video data, on a plurality of still images obtained by encoding a plurality of consecutive still images in time order;

    a scene change detecting part that detects a scene change in a motion video obtained by reproducing the still image data in time order, based on the still image data;

    a significance level calculating part that calculates an index value indicating the significance level of each still image in the motion video from the still image data;

    a scene ranking part that ranks scenes in the motion video based on index values indicating the significance levels of still images included in each scene of the motion video; and

    a digest reproducing part that reproduces as a digest, in time order, still images included in a specified number of scenes selected according to the ranking.

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